In regards to the post about how I love Blogger but I want more, I’m going to move blogs. I’ve set up a WordPress installation and I’m about to transfer all the content over (God bless XML). Actually I didn’t set up WordPress, there was a script to do it automatically thanks to my hosting company 
(I didn’t even use XML, thanks to Google’s API and WordPress’ “magic button” function!)
Reasons for doing so? Er, fancied a change really (yeah, bored). I want to be able to control every pixel of output, and I can’t be arsed to hack Blogger to do so when I can just hack WordPress with greater ease. It’s easier to control because I can dig and hack every line of PHP until I get what I want. Okay I admit it hasn’t been easy. The way WordPress manages URLs is beyond me. But overall I can control all of the front-end output and use this beautiful back-end. What more does a man need?
I’m fully aware I can control the domain or URL where Blogger sits. I’ve done it before with my band’s blog. That wasn’t my only reason for moving, even though changing URLs are a good reason not to. Now I’m gonna have to redirect everything. Oh joy!
So reset your bookmarks. The new address is http://www.kingbrick.co.uk/madnessjack/ but it’s probably not ready yet! (As of April 3 it’s looking pretty bare…)
As you may notice, it’s on my band’s site. I’m not paying extra for a domain name. I can’t be arsed to sort out how to share the hosting across it either. I’m sure it’s not hard. Sure, if (or probably when) I set up my own domain, I’ll probably move it over again. We’ll see…
And as for technology and using my own server etc I really couldn’t care. 34sp.com do a great job of hosting LAMP websites. One day when I’m so bored and lonely then I might just go ahead and set one up, or hire one out, or VPS or whatever. For the moment, it’s not an issue. I don’t care for my own server.
If by now you’re still reading this on Blogger be sure to check out the new address, because this one’s gonna be gathering dust!
